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do you really need all of that hard drive space.
why not just get a single raptor and a single 12 or 160Gb drive, or get 2x 120Gb drives and run a raid 0
what brand is the power supply? you will need a quality one to run a system like that.

Way too much HDD space.. If you're going to spend that much money just for RAID you should get dual 74GB Raptors and put them in RAID 1 or RAID 0. If you want more space, get those Maxtors but don't waste them on RAID 5. Maybe get four and have two seperate RAID arrays with each of them.

Don't get an LCD. CRTs are usually better for gaming.

Get PC3500 CAS2 RAM. Preferably a GB. Get two sticks for dual channel.

Make sure you wait until socket 939 motherboards and processors come out. It shouldn't be more than a few weeks. They allow dual channel RAM with regular Athlon 64s (normally only FXs can handle dual channel). Also, try to get a motherboard with Nforce 3 250 (most important), Gigabit ethernet, built-in SATA (preferably Nvidia), and dual-channel support.

Way too much HDD space.. If you're going to spend that much money just for RAID you should get dual 74GB Raptors and put them in RAID 1 or RAID 0. If you want more space, get those Maxtors but don't waste them on RAID 5. Maybe get four and have two seperate RAID arrays with each of them.

Don't get an LCD. CRTs are usually better for gaming.

Get PC3500 CAS2 RAM. Preferably a GB. Get two sticks for dual channel.

Make sure you wait until socket 939 motherboards and processors come out. It shouldn't be more than a few weeks. They allow dual channel RAM with regular Athlon 64s (normally only FXs can handle dual channel). Also, try to get a motherboard with Nforce 3 250 (most important), Gigabit ethernet, built-in SATA (preferably Nvidia), and dual-channel support.

I knew I was going to get critics on my HDD setup ;)
Yes, I do need all the space, I download ****loads of Anime and have a bunch of games installed which of course take up a lot of HDD space
In my current PC I have 2x 120GB non-RAID which are almost full
Therefor, dual Raptors wouldnt be enough space
1 36GB raptor (windows drive) and 2x Maxtor RAID0 160GB would be best then?

The memory: I would love to get those sticks...but I'd have to get them in another store then
I already have to buy everything in 2 different stores...I wanna try to narrow that as much as possible

I already read 939 mobos are coming out soon...what I know about where I live (NL) is that it often takes some time before new products are for sale :(

I know LCDs are better for gaming...just wont fit on my desk anymore
I have an Acer 717 atm which is 25ms, no problems with that, dont suppost the next one wont give any problems either

The mobo, I chose this one as it has RAID 5 support...If I'm not going to use it I'll take an NVidia chispet anyway
if 939 mobos+CPUs are out next month I'll go with that, at least I wanna know then WHEN they come out

The videocard...I just saw the X800 PRO is out...woooohoooo, also inclused a crappy webcam, gonna sell that one :P

have to see what this is gonna cost me...hopefully I'll get another 6 months contract (current one ends 5th next month)...otherwise I'm not even gonna buy this

@metallicat666
the PSU delivered with the system is going into my old rig, I got a 450W Levicom dual blue led PSU which is going into the new setup

You understand how RAID, works, right? If you buy three 160GB and put them in RAID 5, you only get to use 160GB for storage. If you need that much space, Get two 120GB-200GB 7200RPM HDDs for RAID and storage, along with two 36.7GB Raptors for RAID, applications, games, and OS. Or get the 74GB Raptor if you need the extra 30GB (if you have a lot of programs or something). If it's affordable, two 74GB Raptors in RAID for programs and such along with two 250GB 7200RPM HDDs in RAID for storage would be best for you.

Wherever your shopping probably has PC3500 RAM. It would really be best to get PC3500 isntead of PC3200....

You understand how RAID, works, right? If you buy three 160GB and put them in RAID 5, you only get to use 160GB for storage. If you need that much space, Get two 120GB-200GB 7200RPM HDDs for RAID and storage, along with two 36.7GB Raptors for RAID, applications, games, and OS. Or get the 74GB Raptor if you need the extra 30GB (if you have a lot of programs or something). If it's affordable, two 74GB Raptors in RAID for programs and such along with two 250GB 7200RPM HDDs in RAID for storage would be best for you.

Wherever your shopping probably has PC3500 RAM. It would really be best to get PC3500 isntead of PC3200....

a loss of 33% would be 1 disk, not 2
someting like:
1+2=3
disk 2 fail, then controller will see: 3-1=2
disk 1 fails, then controller will see: 3-1=1 and is still able to use all data :)

waiting for 939 doesnt seem to be a problem with the info given (my thx for the link:))
I really have to think about the extra money for a second 36GB raptor, maybe I'll buy a second one later and use 1 first with the 2 160GBs

both places do have 3500 RAM...but not CL2, they got CL3 only...in a month I'll see what I can do about that
thx for the input all :thumb: